Some of my favorite trips are when I'm guiding the private small group tours to Tuscany and the countryside. If you're dreaming of being "Under the Tuscan Sun" just like the movie, then this is the trip for you. An Italy vacation in the countryside of Tuscany is one of the most beautiful and relaxing trips you can take. One thing you have to understand though is that the region of Tuscany is gigantic and goes from all way from north of Lucca and Pisa to an hour and a half south of Siena,...

When you start to search for your dream trip to Italy you may be thinking it's an easy choice to zero in on a packaged tour company that offers your dream itinerary and time to go. Internet searches for Italy Trip packages will give you so many choices with so many levels of travel you'll be sitting in front of a computer for days, so maybe a more defined internet search of "affordable Italy trip packages" or "Venice, Florence and Rome Italy trips" will get you closer to that goal. Another...

Have you been bitten by the Ancestry bug to find out more about your Italian and Sicilian family Tree? I was many years ago when my kids had to explore their family tree in 4th grade and it became such a blast, I continued on to research my Italian and Sicilian roots to the point that I was able to fully get my Italian citizenship via my Great Grandfather from Sicily. If you've started some research on your Italian or Sicilian family tree and would like to visit your family town or towns then...